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As levels of medicinal compounds and of nutrients can vary widely within 
one species depending both on the exact variety and the growing 
conditions, I wonder if the differing reports of safety/toxicity of the 
same fruit might be due to this factor. If that's so, then the fruit of 
the same species might be safe or dangerous to eat, depending on which 
population it was picked from and possibly also on soil and weather 
conditions in that growing season. Individual human reactions can also 
vary considerably.

Others on this list might well know more about this than I do.

--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly